A Newcastle Greens Councillor is hopeful residents concerns about a proposed Tighes Hill boarding house will be addressed in a revised application.

Councillors this week deferred making a decision on the eight-bedroom complex until they see new plans from the developer.

Councillor Michael Osborne says those concerns need to be addressed.

"Council decided to defer a decision on the boarding house at Tighes Hill until the proper plans for the changes that he's proposing," he said.

"It is a better outcome because the proposed changes will come back to the elected council for a decision, so that the public will have an open and transparent view of the decision-making around that application."

Councillor Osborne says nearby residents are concerned the two-storey building is too big for Henry Street and will not fit-in with the small cottages.

"There's a concern that the application as it currently stands is too big and not in keeping with the streetscape of that area," he said.

And with the changes that are proposed we need to see more detail in how that addresses the issue of the streetscape."

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